Violence flares as general strike hits Greece

There have been clashes between police and demonstrators in Greece as workers
stage a general strike in protest against painful spending cuts.

5:39PM GMT 11 Mar 2010

Riot police fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing protesters at one point of the demonstration as more than 10,000 strikers and protesters marched through central Athens, banging drums and chanting slogans such as "no sacrifice for plutocracy," and "real jobs, higher pay." People draped banners from apartment buildings reading: "No more sacrifices, war against war."